Dublin Core
Title
Branchburg Veterans Memorial (Branchburg, NJ)
Source
american,unionmonument
Date
2000-11-11
Contributor
Elena Koestel
Type
Site
Identifier
2626
Date Issued
2000-11-11
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB
Spatial Coverage
current,40.561817,-74.699067;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Branchburg Veterans Memorial (Branchburg, NJ)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Branchburg_Veterans_Memorial_(Branchburg,_NJ)
CINE only
true
Monument Type
Stone – carved
Funded by
Local
Inscription
"In Honor and Memory of all the Men and Women of Branchburg who proudly served our country in the armed forces of the United States of America.
In recognition of the Branchburg Veterans Memorial Committee.
Dedicated November 11, 2000 [includes other wars] Honoring those who served in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln called this nation ""a house divided"". The Civil War divided our nation and took more American lives than any war in history. It began when Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter on April 19, 1861. It was generally agreed that Americans had much in common, but the free and slave states also had more basic differences besides slavery. The turning point of the Civil War came about after the Southern Army of Virginia engaged the Union Army at Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863, suffering terrible losses. Following the South's retreat from Gettysburg, never again was the Confederate Army able to mount a major offensive against the North. General Robert E. Lee surrendered his ragged army to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 19, 1865."
State
New Jersey
County
Somerset
Affiliation
Union
City
Branchburg
Location Type
Park